PRIVATE TEEN DANCE CLUBS.
Madison General Ordinances § 9.035
in effect9.035 - PRIVATE TEEN DANCE CLUBS.
(1) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to provide for properly regulated private teen dance clubs conducted primarily for teenagers.
(2) Private Teen Dance Club Defined. A private teen dance club licensed under this section shall mean a private club providing dances primarily for persons between the ages of fourteen (14) and eighteen (18), admission for which may be gained by membership card and the payment of an admission fee or charge.
(3) Provisions of 9.03 Applicable. The following subsections of 9.03 shall apply: (2) Exceptions; (3)(c) Expiration of License; (3)(d) Dance Hall Licenses to be Posted; (3)(e) Liquor Not to be Sold; (4) Hall Must Comply With Health and Fire Regulations, etc; (5) Application for License—Inspection—Report; (6) Revocation or Suspension of License by Common Council; (7) Dance Halls to be Kept Sanitary; (8) Power of Police to Stop Dance; (9) Duty of Owner of Dance Hall; (10) Floor Manager; (11) Advertising; (14) Miscellaneous Police Regulations, except paragraph (a). Premises licensed hereunder shall be included within the term "public dance hall" used in these subsections, but shall not constitute a public dance hall for other purposes. (Am. by Ord. 6949, 4-4-80)
(4) License Required. No person shall operate a private teen dance club without a license issued hereunder. An annual license may be issued for a fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250). Renewal licenses shall be obtained on or before June 30 of each year or be subject to a late filing fee of twenty-five percent (25%) of the license fee. License fees that are not renewed by July 31 of each year shall be subject to a late fee of fifty percent (50%) of the license fee. Payment of the late filing fee shall not relieve any person from any other penalties prescribed in this chapter for failure to possess or obtain a license. (Am. by Ord. 8846, 4-11-86; Ord. 13,601, 5-11-04; ORD-10-00038, 5-1-10)
(5) Age Limit on Admissions. No person licensed hereunder shall permit on the premises where a private teen dance club is operated any person under the age of fourteen (14) unless accompanied by their parent or legal guardian. It is the intention of the Council that dances conducted hereunder shall be primarily for young persons and therefor any person licensed hereunder shall discourage the attendance at such dances of persons eighteen years of age or older except employees of the licensee, chaperones, dance inspectors or other authorized persons. (Am. by ORD-14-00012, 1-14-14)
(6) Time Limits. No premises licensed under this section may be open as a private teen dance club after 10:30 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, except on January 1 the premises may be open until 12:45 a.m. (Am. by Ord. 9347, 12-21-87)
Source: City of Madison, Wisconsin, Madison General Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/wi/madison/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COORMAWIVOICH1--10_CH9LIPE_9.035PRTEDACLFetched: 11/1/2026